July 17, 2006
EXTRACT: Royal Dutch Shell will consider selling its Dominican assets, including a 50 per cent stake in the Caribbean nation’s sole oil refinery, the group said.
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RBS prepares Enron settlement offer
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is thought to be preparing to offer as much as $200 million (£110 million) to settle a lawsuit by shareholders of Enron. The bank, which is accused of helping the failed energy group to hide its accounting fraud, is seeking to draw a line under the episode. US banks including Citigroup and JPMorgan recently agreed a $6.6 billion settlement.
Imperial College’s 50-year bond
Imperial College London, which specialises in scientific research, is set to raise £50 million for new student facilities by the issue of a 50-year bond. It marks the biggest such deal for a British university, covering the longest time period. Imperial, which has previously issued a 30-year bond, said that the latest bond enabled it to borrow at the most competitive rates.
Shell weighs sale of Dominican assets
Royal Dutch Shell will consider selling its Dominican assets, including a 50 per cent stake in the Caribbean nation’s sole oil refinery, the group said. The Anglo-Dutch company administers 137 service stations and maintains fuel distribution equipment and facilities in the country, where it has operated for nearly 80 years.
Carlyle’s $1.8bn for Asian buyout fund
Carlyle Group, the American private equity firm, has raised $1.8 billion (£980 million) for its second Asian buyout fund. The money raised will be used for buyouts and investments in Australia, China, India, South Korea and South-East Asia. In the past 12 months, Carlyle has raised $4.8 billion to invest in the region, including $1.9 billion specifically targeted at Japan.
Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
